Container.



M. C. ROSENFELD. CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED IAN. 22. IBM.

Patented'Nov. 2,1915;

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

. EIEAIFOEI Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Application filed January 22, 1914.

==.State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Containers, of which. the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates tocontainers or cartons such as are used for inclosing articles it has'for its principal object to provide a container or carton in which articles of the aforesaid character may be securely packed for shipment, and which may thereafter be placed upon the, store shelves for containing the'articles instock and from which the I dealer may conveniently removethe articles as occasion requires.

It will be understood that, heretofore, it

has been the practice to ship small articlesof hardware, pipe fittings, etc in packages or boxes from which they are transferred,

by the dealer, to permanent bins which form a part of his store equipment. These bins are provided with front walls which have sem1-circular openings that extend from the top of the bin to within a short distance of its bottom, that portion of the front wall below the opening acting to retain the articles within the bin. 7 v

In carrying out the aforesaid object, I provide one of the end walls of my container with an opening, similar to the opening in the front wall of the usual bin so that the container, when placed upon the shelf, is in effect a bin, and in this manner, my invention obviates the unpleasant and time consuming task of having. to transfer the goods from packages to bins.

Further, and more limited objects of my invention are to provide a container of the above class which is preferably formed from a single blank of heavy card board and which, because of its peculiar construction is extremely strong; which, when partially assembled, is collapsible; and which, from its collapsed condition, can'be quickly and easily built up for use.

(The collapsible feature enables a great number of containers 'to be stored in a comparatively small space and this is a very important item with concerns using this class of containers).

Specification of Letters Patent.

One embodiment of my invention whereby the above objects are attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved container, the same being assembled and in condition for use; Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the manner of building up the container; Fig. 3 is a central, vertical, longitudinal section through the container, the same being taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4; Fig. l is a horizontal section which corresponds to line 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank from which the container is formed; and Fig. 7 is a perspective View which shows a number of my containers in place on shelves, as they would appear in use, one of the containers being shown open.

For convenience of description, I will refer to that end of the container which is displayed, when the container is placed upon the shelves, as the front thereof, the terms which I apply to the top and other walls of the container being determined also by the position which it occupies upon the shelves.

The dotted lines in Fig. 6 indicate where the blank is bent or folded in the formation of the container; and the substantially square sections 1 and 2 (which are inclosed by certain of the dotted lines) represent the bottom and top of the container, respectively. In the building up of the container from the blank, the blank is bent or folded upon the dotted line a until the side wall 3 is at substantially right angles to the bot tom 1. The top wall 2 is then folded over on the line 1) until it is substantially parallel with the bottom, when the side wall 4 may be bent downwardly along the line 0 until it is parallel with the wall 3. The free edge of the wall 4 is then secured to the flap 5 (preferably by staples 6) which flap is bent up from the left hand edge of the bottom 1' Having thus described my invention, what downwardly over the flap 9. In these positions the parts are securely fastened together (preferably by gluing). v

As I have stated hereinbefore, it is required that the front wall of the container be provided with an opening (preferably semi-circular in shape) which extends from the top of the container to within a short distance of its bottom. The front wall of the container is formed by the flaps 11 and 12, which extend from the forward edges of the side walls 3 and 4, respectively, and each of these flaps has its upper, free corner cut away to produce a notch which is of such a design that, when the flaps areturned 1nwardly until they are in a common plane, they produce a wall having .an openlng of the desired shape. To firmly hold these flaps in position, I secure (preferably by glue) the lower portion of the cover 13,

Which extends from the forward end of the bottom 1, to the front wall below the aforesaid opening. Above the portion which is thus secured to the front wall of the container, the cover 13 is free to swing upon a line whereon the cover is creased, such line being represented by the dotted line 0' in .Fig. 6. The cover 13 is also creased upon the line f, near its upper edge, to produce a flap 14 which may be inserted beneath the top of the container and above the upper edges of the flaps 11 and 12, where it may be temporarily fastened by glue or other means.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that my invention provides avery simple and comparatively cheap container for articles of thecharacter previously specified; which, notwithstanding'the. fact that it may be madeof heavy card-board, is very strong so that it will withstand the treatment to which such containers are subjected in shipment, which may bevery conveniently used upon the dealersshelves for containing the articles, in stock and from which the articles may be very easily removed; and the cover,

whereby the front end of the 'containermay be closed, protects the contents from dust and. other deterioratingelements, and answers also as a means of supporting a label.

It will be apparent from an inspection of Fig. 2 that, before the end flapshave beenv folded into final position, it is aneasy matter to collapse the container by pressing the top and the bottom together until the sides 3 and 4 are parallelthereto.- In-the collapsed condition of the container, the top and bottom areoffset one from the other, of course, a distance corresponding to the height of the I claim is 1. A containerof the character set forth havinga .substantially vertical wall which is provided with an opening that extends from itsupper edge toward its lower edge, a relnforcing strip secured to said wall below the opening whereby the wall isstrengthened, and a closure for said opening which is hingedly connected to said strip.

2. A container of the character set forth having a front wall which is composed of two members each having a vertical edge that is connected to the forward edge of one of the sldes of the container and a horizontal edge that extends parallel and adjacent to A container of the character set forth havinga front wall which is composed of two members each having a vertical edge that 1s connected to the forward edge of one of the sides of the container and a horizontal edge that extends parallel and adjacent to the front end of the bottom of .the container, each of the members having its upper free corner cut away i to produce a notch, the notchesv in both members cooperating to form an opening, a strip which has connectlon with the front end of the bottom and extends upwardly over and is secured to the lower portion of the aforesaid members, and a closure for the aforesaid opening which has its lower edge hingedly connected to the strip.

- 4. container of the character set forth comprising top, bottom, side and rear walls, extensions on the forward ends of the side walls which have horizontal edges that aline with the front end of the bottom wall when the extensions are turned inwardly and which have their upper, free corners cut away to produce notches that cooperate to form .an opening that extends from the top wall toward the bottom wall and decreases in width from top to bottom, and an extension from the front end of the bottom wall which has a portion that is secured tothe front surfaces of said extensions below the from the rear ends of the aforesaid walls and which cooperate when folded inwardly, to produce a rear wall for the container, an extension which projects from the forward end of each of the side walls and arranged to be turned inwardly until they are in a common plane, the upper, free corner of each extension being cut away to produce a notch, the notchesin the two extensions cooperating to form an opening, and an extenof the aforesaid extensions and the adjacent in sion on the forward end of the bottom wall edge of the top Wall when the extension is of the container which has a portion that is over said opening.

Secured to the front surfaces of the last men.-. In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my tioned extensions below the aforesaid open- 1 signature in the presence of two witnesses. ing and having another portion which is MORTIMER C. ROSENFELD. adapted to close said opening, said exten- Witnesses: sion haying a flap along its free edge that is HUGH B. MOGILL,

arranged to project between the upper edges BRENNAN B. WEST. 

